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Clavigo (film)

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Clavigo
Based onClavigo
by Goethe
Written byFritz Kortner
Directed byMarcel Ophüls
StarringThomas Holtzmann and Rolf Boysen
Original languageGerman
Production
CinematographyKarlheinz Wüst[1]
Running time128 minutes
Original release
Release1970 (1970)

Clavigo is a West German 1970s television movie directed by Marcel Ophüls, based on the 1774 play Clavigo by Goethe. It is the film version of a play staged and directed by Fritz Kortner.

Plot

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The film follows the titular Clavigo, a young writer whose engagement to a French noblewoman allows the publication of his weekly magazine. His success leads him to fail to honor this engagement, and he suffers the consequences.[2]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Clavigo".
  2. ^ "Clavigo: Screening on Film". Harvard Film Archive.
  3. ^ "Clavigo". La Vanguardia.